Acta Histochemica

Acta histochemica, a journal of structural biochemistry of cells and tissues, publishes original research articles, short communications, reviews, letters to the editor, meeting reports and abstracts of meetings. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for the cytochemical and histochemical research community in the life sciences, including cell biology, biotechnology, neurobiology, immunobiology, pathology, pharmacology, botany, zoology and environmental and toxicological research. The journal focuses on new developments in cytochemistry and histochemistry and their applications. Manuscripts reporting on studies of living cells and tissues are particularly welcome. Understanding the complexity of cells and tissues, i.e. their biocomplexity and biodiversity, is a major goal of the journal and reports on this topic are especially encouraged. Original research articles, short communications and reviews that report on new developments in cytochemistry and histochemistry are welcomed, especially when molecular biology is combined with the use of advanced microscopical techniques including image analysis and cytometry. Letters to the editor should comment or interpret previously published articles in the journal to trigger scientific discussions. Meeting reports are considered to be very important publications in the journal because they are excellent opportunities to present state-of-the-art overviews of fields in research where the developments are fast and hard to follow. Authors of meeting reports should consult the editors before writing a report. The editorial policy of the editors and the editorial board is rapid publication. Once a manuscript is received by one of the editors, an editorial decision about acceptance, revision or rejection will be taken within a month. It is the aim of the publishers to have a manuscript published within three months after the manuscript has been accepted

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Category	Year	Quartile
Cell Biology	1999	Q3
Cell Biology	2000	Q4
Cell Biology	2001	Q4
Cell Biology	2002	Q4
Cell Biology	2003	Q4
Cell Biology	2004	Q4
Cell Biology	2005	Q4
Cell Biology	2006	Q4
Cell Biology	2007	Q4
Cell Biology	2008	Q4
Cell Biology	2009	Q3
Cell Biology	2010	Q4
Cell Biology	2011	Q4
Cell Biology	2012	Q4
Cell Biology	2013	Q3
Cell Biology	2014	Q3
Cell Biology	2015	Q3
Cell Biology	2016	Q4
Cell Biology	2017	Q3
Cell Biology	2018	Q4
Cell Biology	2019	Q3
Cell Biology	2020	Q3
Cell Biology	2021	Q4
Cell Biology	2022	Q4
Cell Biology	2023	Q3
Histology	1999	Q3
Histology	2000	Q3
Histology	2001	Q3
Histology	2002	Q3
Histology	2003	Q3
Histology	2004	Q3
Histology	2005	Q3
Histology	2006	Q2
Histology	2007	Q3
Histology	2008	Q3
Histology	2009	Q2
Histology	2010	Q2
Histology	2011	Q3
Histology	2012	Q2
Histology	2013	Q2
Histology	2014	Q2
Histology	2015	Q2
Histology	2016	Q2
Histology	2017	Q2
Histology	2018	Q2
Histology	2019	Q2
Histology	2020	Q2
Histology	2021	Q3
Histology	2022	Q3
Histology	2023	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.403
2000	0.374
2001	0.333
2002	0.303
2003	0.254
2004	0.407
2005	0.388
2006	0.463
2007	0.406
2008	0.505
2009	0.596
2010	0.524
2011	0.448
2012	0.541
2013	0.644
2014	0.683
2015	0.607
2016	0.581
2017	0.661
2018	0.597
2019	0.733
2020	0.645
2021	0.480
2022	0.486
2023	0.548

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	36
2000	39
2001	39
2002	63
2003	45
2004	43
2005	49
2006	69
2007	54
2008	59
2009	60
2010	71
2011	128
2012	117
2013	124
2014	202
2015	104
2016	99
2017	97
2018	101
2019	120
2020	135
2021	101
2022	98
2023	76

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.780
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.058
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.053
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.901
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.763
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.054
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.042
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.150
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.302
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.346
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.599
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.643
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.723
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.715
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.911
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.606
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.607
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.755
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.062
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.429
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.596
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.694
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.282
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.929
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.851
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.809
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.007
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.387
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.155
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.285
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.618
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.574
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.687
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.826
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.864
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.591
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.619
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.837
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.697
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.215
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.349
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.503
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.386
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.618
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.878
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.893
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.637
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.083
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.932
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.272
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.195
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.603
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.724
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.841
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.776
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.549
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.565
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.719
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.776
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.212
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.071
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.521
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.377

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	12
Self Cites	2000	13
Self Cites	2001	5
Self Cites	2002	17
Self Cites	2003	15
Self Cites	2004	17
Self Cites	2005	10
Self Cites	2006	19
Self Cites	2007	15
Self Cites	2008	22
Self Cites	2009	10
Self Cites	2010	9
Self Cites	2011	27
Self Cites	2012	32
Self Cites	2013	35
Self Cites	2014	70
Self Cites	2015	50
Self Cites	2016	21
Self Cites	2017	35
Self Cites	2018	32
Self Cites	2019	32
Self Cites	2020	31
Self Cites	2021	30
Self Cites	2022	13
Self Cites	2023	16
Total Cites	1999	92
Total Cites	2000	115
Total Cites	2001	105
Total Cites	2002	97
Total Cites	2003	114
Total Cites	2004	147
Total Cites	2005	152
Total Cites	2006	190
Total Cites	2007	186
Total Cites	2008	221
Total Cites	2009	253
Total Cites	2010	280
Total Cites	2011	299
Total Cites	2012	437
Total Cites	2013	577
Total Cites	2014	688
Total Cites	2015	705
Total Cites	2016	696
Total Cites	2017	744
Total Cites	2018	509
Total Cites	2019	658
Total Cites	2020	747
Total Cites	2021	891
Total Cites	2022	851
Total Cites	2023	797

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.678
External Cites per document	2000	0.911
External Cites per document	2001	0.885
External Cites per document	2002	0.702
External Cites per document	2003	0.702
External Cites per document	2004	0.884
External Cites per document	2005	0.940
External Cites per document	2006	1.248
External Cites per document	2007	1.062
External Cites per document	2008	1.157
External Cites per document	2009	1.335
External Cites per document	2010	1.566
External Cites per document	2011	1.432
External Cites per document	2012	1.564
External Cites per document	2013	1.715
External Cites per document	2014	1.675
External Cites per document	2015	1.479
External Cites per document	2016	1.570
External Cites per document	2017	1.751
External Cites per document	2018	1.590
External Cites per document	2019	2.108
External Cites per document	2020	2.252
External Cites per document	2021	2.419
External Cites per document	2022	2.354
External Cites per document	2023	2.338
Cites per document	1999	0.780
Cites per document	2000	1.027
Cites per document	2001	0.929
Cites per document	2002	0.851
Cites per document	2003	0.809
Cites per document	2004	1.000
Cites per document	2005	1.007
Cites per document	2006	1.387
Cites per document	2007	1.155
Cites per document	2008	1.285
Cites per document	2009	1.390
Cites per document	2010	1.618
Cites per document	2011	1.574
Cites per document	2012	1.687
Cites per document	2013	1.826
Cites per document	2014	1.864
Cites per document	2015	1.591
Cites per document	2016	1.619
Cites per document	2017	1.837
Cites per document	2018	1.697
Cites per document	2019	2.215
Cites per document	2020	2.349
Cites per document	2021	2.503
Cites per document	2022	2.390
Cites per document	2023	2.386

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	19.44
2000	12.82
2001	15.38
2002	20.63
2003	4.44
2004	18.60
2005	14.29
2006	8.70
2007	22.22
2008	11.86
2009	25.00
2010	18.31
2011	15.63
2012	20.51
2013	20.97
2014	13.37
2015	16.35
2016	18.18
2017	12.37
2018	27.72
2019	20.00
2020	19.26
2021	17.82
2022	16.33
2023	9.21

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	2
Non-citable documents	2000	3
Non-citable documents	2001	2
Non-citable documents	2002	4
Non-citable documents	2003	7
Non-citable documents	2004	7
Non-citable documents	2005	5
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	8
Non-citable documents	2008	8
Non-citable documents	2009	7
Non-citable documents	2010	6
Non-citable documents	2011	9
Non-citable documents	2012	17
Non-citable documents	2013	16
Non-citable documents	2014	16
Non-citable documents	2015	11
Non-citable documents	2016	10
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	4
Non-citable documents	2022	5
Non-citable documents	2023	5
Citable documents	1999	116
Citable documents	2000	109
Citable documents	2001	111
Citable documents	2002	110
Citable documents	2003	134
Citable documents	2004	140
Citable documents	2005	146
Citable documents	2006	134
Citable documents	2007	153
Citable documents	2008	164
Citable documents	2009	175
Citable documents	2010	167
Citable documents	2011	181
Citable documents	2012	242
Citable documents	2013	300
Citable documents	2014	353
Citable documents	2015	432
Citable documents	2016	420
Citable documents	2017	398
Citable documents	2018	295
Citable documents	2019	294
Citable documents	2020	314
Citable documents	2021	352
Citable documents	2022	351
Citable documents	2023	329

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	63
Uncited documents	2000	54
Uncited documents	2001	51
Uncited documents	2002	58
Uncited documents	2003	79
Uncited documents	2004	74
Uncited documents	2005	72
Uncited documents	2006	57
Uncited documents	2007	72
Uncited documents	2008	57
Uncited documents	2009	75
Uncited documents	2010	66
Uncited documents	2011	74
Uncited documents	2012	98
Uncited documents	2013	119
Uncited documents	2014	133
Uncited documents	2015	150
Uncited documents	2016	130
Uncited documents	2017	122
Uncited documents	2018	97
Uncited documents	2019	92
Uncited documents	2020	85
Uncited documents	2021	89
Uncited documents	2022	82
Uncited documents	2023	81
Cited documents	1999	55
Cited documents	2000	58
Cited documents	2001	62
Cited documents	2002	56
Cited documents	2003	62
Cited documents	2004	73
Cited documents	2005	79
Cited documents	2006	80
Cited documents	2007	89
Cited documents	2008	115
Cited documents	2009	107
Cited documents	2010	107
Cited documents	2011	116
Cited documents	2012	161
Cited documents	2013	197
Cited documents	2014	236
Cited documents	2015	293
Cited documents	2016	300
Cited documents	2017	283
Cited documents	2018	203
Cited documents	2019	205
Cited documents	2020	233
Cited documents	2021	267
Cited documents	2022	274
Cited documents	2023	253

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	46.85
2000	40.52
2001	41.98
2002	43.41
2003	46.06
2004	43.84
2005	44.51
2006	44.13
2007	47.75
2008	50.85
2009	46.91
2010	49.02
2011	46.86
2012	45.45
2013	47.06
2014	48.34
2015	48.12
2016	48.53
2017	52.93
2018	50.68
2019	51.97
2020	49.06
2021	45.32
2022	44.68
2023	45.41

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	1
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	3
Overton	2004	2
Overton	2005	1
Overton	2006	4
Overton	2007	2
Overton	2008	2
Overton	2009	1
Overton	2010	2
Overton	2011	2
Overton	2012	2
Overton	2013	3
Overton	2014	5
Overton	2015	3
Overton	2016	2
Overton	2017	4
Overton	2018	3
Overton	2019	2
Overton	2020	4
Overton	2021	2
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0